Canada

Redemption: Danielle Smith aims to be 'force of unity' as new Alberta premier

CALGARY - The political story of Danielle Smith is one of triumph then defeat, followed by betrayal, banishment and, now, redemption. Smith, a 51-year-old Alberta-born journalist and restaurant owner ...

Oct 06, 2022

Yellowknife pub heads to trial to fight fine for breaking COVID-19 rules

YELLOWKNIFE - The owners of a Yellowknife pub headed to trial Thursday to fight a charge of violating Northwest Territories COVID-19 public health orders. Public health officers issued a ticket to The...

Oct 06, 2022

Two absent Conservative MPs say they supported failed conscience rights bill

OTTAWA - Two Conservative MPs who were absent from a vote in the House of Commons on conscience rights say they supported the proposed legislation. Melissa Lantsman, one of the party's deputy leaders,...

Oct 06, 2022

B.C. signs new climate agreement with California, Oregon and Washington

SAN FRANCISCO - British Columbia Premier John Horgan has signed a new climate pact with the governors of Washington, Oregon and California that includes investments in cross-border climate infrastruct...

Oct 06, 2022

Court bid to quash services deal for Squamish Nation's Senakw project in Vancouver

VANCOUVER - A Vancouver residents association has launched a legal bid to quash a services agreement between the city and the Squamish Nation for the largest Indigenous-led housing and retail developm...

Oct 06, 2022

Trudeau demands Poilievre apologize after misogynistic tag found on YouTube videos

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is facing pressure to apologize over accusations that he has been trying to reach out to those in the "male supremacy" movement through tags embedded in h...

Oct 06, 2022

CP NewsAlert: RCMP say one suspect killed 11 in Saskatchewan, including brother

REGINA - RCMP say an investigation shows that Myles Sanderson, a suspect in a mass killing in Saskatchewan last month, killed 11 people on his own. Among the dead was his brother, Damien Sanderson. Mo...

Oct 06, 2022

MPs unanimously vote to temporarily double GST rebate for lower-income Canadians

OTTAWA - MPs unanimously passed legislation today to temporarily double GST rebates to help low- and modest-income Canadians, and the bill will now be sent to the Senate. The federal government has be...

Oct 06, 2022

Biden to give pardons for simple pot possession in pivot to reform U.S. cannabis laws

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Joe Biden says he intends to offer criminal pardons to anyone convicted of simple possession of marijuana under federal law. He made the announcement today in a pre-recorde...

Oct 06, 2022

Global Affairs Canada mismanaged executive who berated, slapped staff: commissioner

OTTAWA - The watchdog for the federal public service has ruled that Global Affairs Canada committed "gross mismanagement" in the way it dealt with complaints about a senior employee accused of throwin...

Oct 06, 2022